Means for operating shovel-buckets and similar receptacles.



L. P. LIPPS. MEANS FOR OPERATING SHOYBL BUGKETS AED SIMILAR BECBPTACLES.

urmouxol num man, 1m. 1,959,334, l Patented Apr. 15, 1913.

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L. P, LIPPS. MEANS FOR OPERATING SHOVEL BUGKETS AND SIMILAR RECEPTACLES,

APPLICATION FILED EB.7. 1912.

Patented Apr. 15

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LOUIS P. IEFPS, 0F CLEVELNLID, OHDS, ASSIGNOB TG 'EF COMPANY, @F CLEVELAND, GEIQ, AN li,

MEANS EGB CPERATXNG- SHOVEEBUCKETS AND SEEFXLAB To all whom z't may concern:

Be it known that LoUis P. Liefs, a citi zen of the United States, residing at the city of Cleveiand, in the count-y of Cuyahoga and State ci Qhio, have invented a new7 and useful Means for Operating Shovel-Buckets and Similar Recepten-ies, of 'which the foilowing is e uil, clear, and exact description, reference beingl had to the accompanying drawings, that form a. part ot' the specifications, wherein similar parte are described by similar letters in each instance.

The device in question, from its nature, is readier of zippiicetion to and likely to he more genereily used in connection With the class of buckets or scoops handled by boomcranes,`| wher n the bucket. is pivotally suspended Witl,w tiieheii ety points on its sides that for l :t I,he center of gravity of the bucket i l ;-ty3 but behind the seme when if l end that, when free to move, the hiic .,i'iil automaticziiiy discharge its ice immediately right itsei to the pro'giei oeition with reference tothe bail. to tain. new load. lt ifoiiows, or" niches or corresponding de# nd necessary, in buckets et :serre e fixed relation he haii Wiiiie the ined Y event :i pren /eriis it is 1neii'ig ce1 i the durnping poiA .yvdesirahie t i t-vnnection of the tniiof the crane-mecharele-tes, that, when any Hfeziched, shali :permitthe "l by the operator, ne crane, and the bucket bo-turn ov i leteiit its load. K

Having in. consideration that revolving Shoyel-huelets of the kind referred to, when used in connection with boom cranes, or siini lar excavating implements, are invariably controiled. in their principal movements oppositely related heist and haul-ropes thit engage the bucket at or neer the haii, 'ntinternediateiy, through a. lever-arm or nremloer suitably connected to 'mii-latch,

to ectuete said. har, and 'linupon and log; reason of the vices are this' inne,

nisrn to dumping tait-lieten from his sie.

roi niemeer, Lane advantage ot in. i ete member arixngenieutnnd, by connecting therewith Specification of Letters atent.

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a third, or teg-line, in the manner described,

produce an unlocking device end-mechanism with respect to most other arrangements of v its class, out `which. may be instantly' made effective et any pointbeneath the boem. 'at which the bucket, for the time being, is sus pended. In the drawings, Figure l is a side eievation of excavating crane with its bucketshown in uii iines upon the material-bed, beneeththe heed of the boom, in position to he hauled in tor its load 'Botted lines in the figure indicate theseverel positions the bucket xviii assume from the time it has until the saine is dumped. nierged View of the hucket,.and ts, shown in Fig. lpFig. 3 sew, when the bucket is'in posicarry ing, with `the iov-.fer of the broken away.` ig. eis a 'like View the latch-har is unlocked and .the free to dump.` Fig. iisv @broken ef the haii and unletching features 2 in the direction of the art figure, and Figs. 6to l1.9 inf enierged views of methode-of heil, uniatching barffznd-Opto the uniatching bar-eci-ng enpioyed, slightly yaryin'g et to @eeh other, und, with reorresponding method shewn in is figures. represents e boom or excavating crane eecepted type, S is e shovel-bucket to he operated therewith. L is the usual haul-rope, connected, et its outer end,to the heii in the manner to be pointed out,` and-at its inner end, to e controiling drinn D on said crane.

L1 is the hoist-rope. nected, at its outer end, tothe bei hre a lever-erin or member A, and extends 'np- It is mediately'ccni ideeen/imm? nieuwe ieiieie. Application led February 1912. Serial No. 676,032.

Wardiy and overa sheave V in the liead of 25 tlon when free of its locking engagement y the bail and the front or shovel portion of the bucket S, when the latter is in its normal or latched position. Att-he uppermost angle of said plate, when the bucket is in the posi;

' tion last described, a clevis E2 (to which is fastened the hoist-rope L1) is pivotally connected to the same by means of a pin P1.

The tail-latch proper consists of a bar T, whose upper end is pivotally attached midway of and to the rear of the bail by a pin p, the under side of this bar, near the point of this attachment, being, preferably, given an inner projection a, to limit or stop any tendency of the bar to swing in that direc- With the bucket. On the same side of the bar, at a suitable point to overhang and engage the rear upper edge of the bucket when the latter is in an upright position with relat-ion to the bail,` is a second projection or nose nl. The lower end e, ofthe bar T, extends downwardly and outwardly from the shoulder or nose al, at an angle with the upper portion of said bar.

At the third, and rearmost angle of the plate A (when the bucket is in said normal position) on each side thereof and pivotally attached thereto at their upper-ends by a pin p1, are parallel bars F F. These bars embrace the latch-bar T, and extend down- Wardly to a point below the inclined portion e of the same, where they are joined together, in a trapeze-like frame, by a crossroller indicated by r. At this point, in order to provide against any undue forward swing of the same, the bars are given sharp upturns f, at each side, to above the bar T, where they are connected together by a cross-pin p2.

In order to actuate the unlatching dei'ice just explained, at any stage desired of the bucket-carrying operation described, I provide a third or tag-line L2, with its inner end connected to and wound around an independently controlled drum l)g on the cranestructure or frame, and its outer end'fiexibly attached to the plate or member A, at such a point thereof with respect to the point of attachment of the hoist-rope L1, that, when' the weight of t-he bucket and load, in suspension between the hoist and haul-ropes, is shifted from the haul-rope to this third or t-ag-rope L2, the slight consequent downward movement of the load toward a new precise point at which the tag-line L2 is to be thus attached to said plate, in order to effect the above operative result, will vary according to the relative location of the other points of attachment involved. Instead of the relation of these several points as shown in Figs. 1-5, for instance, the connection of the unlatching-bar F beingvlsubstantially'as described, the hoist and taglines may be connected at the same or dil ferent points near the uppermost angle or portion of said plate, and, the haul-line, at the point of connection of the bail with the plate, as shown in Figs. 6, 8, and 12, at a point on such a plate en the other side of the bail-connection, as in Figs. 7 and 9; between the points of connection of the other lines and the bail, as in F ig. l0; or, the tag-line may be attached to the plate at said uppermost part thereof, the haul-line at a point below, and the hoist-line and bail' at an intermediate point, asin Fig. l1. Furthermore, the arrangement adopted in the draw-l ings, Will be conformed to in principle and be practically operative if the common connection of the hoist and tag-lines, at the uppermost angle of said plate, is brought about by a junction of the tag-line directly with the hoist-line, instead of to t-he plate at the point where the hoist-line is fastened tothe same. The location of the hoist and tagline connect-ions in each case is such, with respect to each other, and to the points vof connection of the load and the unlatchingbars, that said latching-bars shall always be rotated upwardly by the rotatory movement of the plate that necessarily takes place, when, upon the simultaneous releasing oi the haul-line, and the braking of the tag line, the load itself passes to a new condition of equilibrium.' It will generally be found that this condition involves an attachment of both the latch-bar and the tag-line to the plate, at points thereof that are ett' the verv tical with the center of gravity of the bucket -when latched.

`the vertieai with the eenter o that its boom-head is the mate iai through WhA e made, the bucket u said heed by Wpos' ,e and,haul-ropeC the h1 u intok'an oper .e position by sinipty pfiffingout said hoist-rope L1. In the ensuing position the bucket of Course, ne idown, with the latch-bar T looked against the saine. The hard-rope lL and the tagrope L2 areinext Wound up upon their drums D and D2 and the hoisting rope L1 correspondingly let out, untii the bucket has been dragged inwardly, beneath the boom J, and its tilt made. the hoist-rope L1 is then Wound in, and the drum D, controlling the rope L at the sanie time braked (with the drum D2 free to moire) untii the resultant of the two c, Iweite anguiar puits or forces thus exerted by said ropes, raises the bucket. from `its prone posi'ion on the material bed, to an upright position (Consult F l and 2) beneath and nearer .the boom J, and is in readiness to be ca ried aiong. beneath the @tiring such' carrying operation, the boom itself nia); be swung around its center in the usuai manner, to the line or radius for the dump, when the drums El and D2, controlling, respectively, the hoist and tag-lines nl and if, are brahed, and the drum D, controlling the haui-iine L, released. Under these conditions, as Witt be evident, the tension on the rope L 'will at once be shifted to the tag-tine L2, and ite point of Connection being at a diierent point on the ineniber A than that of the haulrope L1, as described, and one that is oit' gravity of load, the latter will swing downwardly, around the boom-head as a center, to a nev condition of equilibrium. This movement xviii. of course, carry upwardiy the 'weint ot' connection ot t un-v v u *L -m 1 latehing-bars j* with the plate A, and aeruthe bucket and be lowered L t t t t t z t l ate them to the etent required 'to drew the roiier c" up beneath the ireiined portion until it hitte the noise n? out engegeine ith the bucket: is hereinb re explained the bucket, consequentiv, Wiii once auto-- niatieatiy revolve about the trunnions or pivot points et z" and the dunip be made.

Having thus described my seid invention, as embodied in a concrete mechanical forni, what claim and Wish to protectby Letters Patent, is:`

The Combination, with a shovebbucket, or similar receptacle, pirotaiiy suspended Within a bail at pointe on the eide there-of that are forward of the center oi gravity ot' Said bucket when empty, and behind said Center when loaded, of a hitch-bur iliifoadyeon neeted .to said bait et its upper end and projeoting outwardly and dou'nifardiy. at an angle, at the other end, Said hitch-bar being of suitabie forni and dinienfisiins to overhang and engage said bucket 'when the latter is upright epeet to said bait,

of efe with i a lever-member fuis-ruined to said haii, a hoist and a haul-tine, oppoeiteiy eonneeted 4to said member in respect to its "ieruni Joint and a tagline operativei",7 thereto at such a point that when the tension of the ioad is shifted from the hauidine to the tag-iine said wardty around its uieruii point, together with an uniatehing bar extending downwardly to and beneath the projecting end of said laten-bar and pivotaiiy connected to said member at ite upper end, at a suitabie point thereon te .be carried upward during- Said rotaryv movement oit' Said Lever member, subetantialiy shown and de.- seroed.

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